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The Custom of the Country
Author: Edith Wharton
Narrator: Grace Conlin
Unabridged: 14 hr 29 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 09/29/2009
Category: Fiction - Classics
Synopsis
One of Edith Whartons most acclaimed works, The Custom of the Country is a blistering indictment of materialism, power, and misplaced values. Its heroine, Undine Spragg, is one of the most ruthless characters in all of literature, as selfishly unscrupulous as she is fiercely beautiful. As she climbs the class ladder through a series of marriages and affairs, she shows little concern for who she has to step on. Her rise to the top of New Yorks elite society provides a poignant and scathing commentary on the unquenchable ambitions of Americas nouveau riche.